The 32nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 6 September 1971.
There was no jury because from 1969 to 1979 the festival was not competitive. John Ford, Marcel Carné and Ingmar Bergman were awarded with the Career Golden Lion.
Official Selections The following films were selected to be screened:
Main selection English title Original title Director(s) Production country Anna Jörn Donner Finland The Arp Statue Alan Sekers United Kingdom The Beginning Начало Gleb Panfilov Soviet Union Beware of a Holy Whore Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany The Big Mess Der große Verhau Alexander Kluge RFA The Cow گاو Dariush Mehrjui Iran Dead Aim Arde baby, arde José Bolaños Mexico Dear Irene Kære Irene Christian Braad Thomsen Denmark The Devils Ken Russell United Kingdom Early Morning Le petit matin Jean-Gabriel Albicocco France Fortune and Men's Eyes Harvey Hart United States, Canada The Guest L'ospite Liliana Cavani Italy Horizon Horizont Pál Gábor Hungary In the Summertime Durante l'estate Ermanno Olmi Italy The Last Movie Dennis Hopper United States Lenz George Moorse West Germany Liberxina 90 Carlos Durán Spain Love Is as Beautiful as Love Liebe, so schön wie Liebe Klaus Lemke West Germany M comme Mathieu Jean-François Adam France The Nightcomers Michael Winner United Kingdom La piazza vuota Beppe Recchia Italy Il potere Augusto Tretti ItalyPratidwandi Satyajit Ray India The Role of My Family in the Revolution Uloga moje porodice u svjetskoj revoluciji Bahrudin Čengić Yugoslavia Smic Smac Smoc Claude Lelouch France Sunday Bloody Sunday John Schlesinger United Kingdom The Third Part of the Night Trzecia czesc nocy Andrzej Zulawski Poland The Tricky Game of Love Hry lásky sálivé Jiří Krejčík Czechoslovakia La vacanza Tinto Brass Italy Vagabond Humor L'humeur vagabonde Édouard Luntz France Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Ulu Grosbard United States Y que patatín, y que patatán Mario Sábato Argentina You Can't Hold Back Spring On n'arrête pas le printemps René Gilson France
Informativa
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Dodes'ka-den どですかでん Akira Kurosawa Japan The Red Detachment of Women 红色娘子军 Xue Jinghua China Spring Le Printemps Marcel Hanoun France Uski Roti Mani Kaul India
Special screenings
English title Original title Director(s) Production countryTribute to Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood Andrew Sinclair United KingdomTribute to Ingmar Bergman The Touch Beröringen Ingmar Bergman Sweden, United StatesTribute to John Ford Directed by John Ford Peter Bogdanovich United StatesTribute to Marcel Carné Law Breakers Les assassins de l'ordre Marcel Carné France, Italy
Official Awards
Career Golden Lion John Ford Marcel Carné Ingmar Bergman
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prize The Cow by Dariush Mehrjui
Pasinetti Award Best Foreign Film: The Devils by Ken Russell Best Italian Film: La vacanza by Tinto Brass
CIDALC Award The Last Movie by Dennis Hopper
Golden Rudder The Guest by Liliana Cavani References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1971 Awards on IMDb